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. 2005 Jul;43(7):3479-80.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.7.3479-3480.2005.

Bacteriology of acute and chronic ethmoid sinusitis

Itzhak Brook  1
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Bacteriology of acute and chronic ethmoid sinusitis

Itzhak Brook. J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

Aspirates from 26 acutely and 17 chronically infected ethmoid sinuses were studied. Thirty-seven aerobes and 10 anaerobes were recovered from isolates from patients with acute sinusitis. Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae were predominant. Twenty-seven aerobes and 41 anaerobes were found in isolates from patients with chronic sinusitis. The predominant isolates were anaerobic gram-negative bacilli and Peptostreptococcus spp.

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